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The Movie
 

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Starring: Paul McGann, Sylvester McCoy, Daphne Ashbrook & Yee Jee Tso
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Editions:  China China (DVD) | UK UK (DVD) | US US (DVD) | Australia Australia (DVD) | UK UK (Blu-ray) | Germany Germany (limited Blu-ray) | Germany Germany (DVD) | Germany Germany (standard Blu-ray)
Description:  DVD/Blu-ray release of the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie.

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Edition: China China (DVD)
Released:  January 1997
Publisher:  Fox Video
Format: 1 x DVD
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Note:  Released in Hong Kong only. It’s possible this may have been a bootleg rather than an “official” release.

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Edition: UK UK (DVD)
Released:  August 2001
Publisher:  BBC Video
Format: 1 x DVD
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New Years Eve 1999. Earth is about to run out of time...

Returning home to Gallifrey with the remains of his arch enemy, the Master, the TARDIS is forced off course, plunging the Doctor into the middle of a street gang’s gun battle in downtown San Francisco.

Critically wounded in the shoot out, the Doctor has to regenerate to save his own life. And he’s not the only one — the Master too has a new body with which to wreak havoc, and his ultimate goal is to take the Doctor’s own existence.

As the clock counts down to the start of a new millennium, the Doctor has to stop the Master destroying all life on Earth. But at what cost..?

This story was broadcast on BBC1 on 27th May 1996.

Special Features

  • Commentary by Geoffrey Sax
  • On Screen Production Notes
  • Photo Gallery
  • Music Feature
  • Exclusive footage, cast and crew interviews, behind-the-scenes features

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Edition: US US (DVD)
Title:  The Movie: Special Edition
Released:  February 2011
Publisher:  BBC Video
Format: 2 x DVD
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Note:  2-disc edition, with same extras as released in the UK/Australia on the Revisitations 1 box set. This was the first ever commercial release of the Doctor Who movie in the US — it had never been released on VHS in the States due to rights issues (similar issues that prevented a North American DVD release in 2001).

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The Doctor is returning home to Gallifrey with the remains of his arch-nemesis, the Master. Forced off course, the TARDIS arrives in San Francisco on New Year’s Eve 1999, where the Doctor is critically wounded in a gangland gun battle. At the local hospital, Dr. Grace Holloway fights — and fails — to save his life.

Later, in the morgue, the Doctor wakes up a new man. But he is not the only one — the Master has also found himself a new body. As the clock counts down to the start of the new millennium, can the Doctor stop his oldest enemy from destroying all life on Earth?

DVD EXTRAS:
DISC 1:

  • Audio Commentary 1 by director Geoffrey Sax
  • Audio Commentary 2 by actors Paul McGann (Doctor 8) and Sylvester McCoy (Doctor 7), moderated by Nicholas Briggs
  • The Seven Year Hitch A look back at the long quest to return Doctor Who to the screen (54 mins)
  • The Doctor’s Strange Love How fans learned to love Doctor Who — The Movie (17 mins)
  • Photo Gallery (3 mins)
  • Music Tracks
  • PDF materials: Radio Times Listings
  • Production Notes Subtitle Option
  • Digitally remastered picture and sound quality

DISC 2:

  • Behind the Scenes (5 mins)
  • Electronic Press Kit Short documentary and interview segments from 1996 (15 mins)
  • Philip Segal’s Tour of the Tardis (2 mins)
  • Alternate Takes (1 min)
  • Who Peter 1989-2009 Second part of documentary on the relationship of Blue Peter with Doctor Who (26 mins)
  • VFX Tests June 1994 (1 min)
  • VFX March 1996 (2 mins)
  • The Wilderness Years How Doctor Who was kept alive between 1989 and 1996 (23 mins)
  • Stripped for Action — The Eighth Doctor (19 mins)
  • Tomorrow’s Times — The Eighth Doctor Contemporary press coverage (11 mins)
  • BBC Trailers (1 min)

Originally transmitted May 14, 1996

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Edition: Australia Australia (DVD)
Title:  The Movie: Special Edition
Released:  March 2011
Publisher:  BBC Video
Format: 2 x DVD
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Note:  2-disc edition, with same extras as released in the UK/Australia on the Revisitations 1 box set.

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Edition: UK UK (Blu-ray)
Released:  September 2016
Publisher:  BBC Video
Format: 2 x Blu-ray
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  • Although the movie was mostly filmed on 35mm film and so would be a candidate for a “true” HD release on Blu-ray, the actual film negatives are property of Universal and it is thought to be too difficult & expensive for the BBC to obtain them for such a release. Therefore this Blu-ray has been upscaled from SD.
  • Full list of extras on the official Doctor Who site — in a nutshell, the extras are the same as the “Revisitations” DVD edition, but with the addition of the 2013 mini-episode The Night of the Doctor.

Cover blurb:
The Doctor is returning home to Gallifrey with the remains of his arch-nemesis, the Master. Forced off course, the TARDIS arrives in San Francisco on New Year’s Eve 1999, where the Doctor is critically wounded in a gangland gun battle. At the local hospital, Dr Grace Holloway fights — and fails — to save his life.

Later, in the morgue, the Doctor wakes up a new man. But he is not the only one — the Master has also found himself a new body. As the clock counts down to the start of a new millennium, can the Doctor stop his oldest enemy destroying all life on Earth?

ALSO INCLUDES THE NIGHT OF THE DOCTOR

SPECIAL FEATURES

  • 2 x Audio Commentaries
  • The Seven Year Hitch
  • The Doctor’s Strange Love
  • Photo Gallery
  • Isolated Score
  • Production Subtitles
  • Isolated Music Tracks
  • Paul McGann Audition
  • EPK Footage
  • Behind the Scenes
  • Philip Segal’s Tour of the TARDIS
  • Alternate Takes
  • BBC Trails
  • Who Peter 1989-2009
  • The Wilderness Years
  • Stripped for Action
  • Tomorrow’s Times
  • VFX Tests (1994 & 1996)

Originally broadcast on BBC1 on 27th May 1996

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Edition: Germany Germany (limited Blu-ray)
Title:  Der Film
Released:  February 2017
Publisher:  Pandastorm
Format: 1 x Blu-ray, 2 x DVD
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Note:  Limited edition of 1,000 copies, in “mediabook” packaging.

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Paul McGann („Luther") und Sylvester McCoy („Der Hobbit") verkörpern den Time Lord in dieser amerikanisch-britischen Spielfilmversion der legendären Science Fiction Reihe.

Doctor Who (McCoy) soll die sterblichen Überreste des zum Tode verurteilten „Masters” (Eric Roberts) auf den Planeten Gallifrey bringen. Doch die Mission scheitert, die Tardis landet auf der Erde des Jahres 1999. Während der Doktor von einer Straßengang niedergeschossen wird, gelingt es dem Master einen anderen Körper zu übernehmen. Im Krankenhaus trifft der Doktor die Ärztin Grace Holloway (Daphne Ashbrook). In seiner neuen Inkarnation (McGann) muss er die Kontrolle über die Tardis zurückgewinnen und seinen Erzfeind von einem teuflischen Plan abhalten. Die Zukunft der gesamten Menschheit steht auf dem Spiel und die Zeit läuft gegen ihn...

„Doctor Who — Der Film" erscheint erstmalig in deutscher Sprache auf DVD und Blu-ray und enthält fünf Stunden Bonusmaterial sowie ein Fanbooklet. Dieses Mediabook ist auf 1.000 Stück limitiert.

BONUS

  • BOOKLET
  • FEATURETTES: DES DOKTORS SELTSAME LIEBE, DIE NACHT DES DOKTORS, DIE SIEBENJÄHRIGE UNTERBRECHUNG
  • ALTERNATIVE TAKES
  • BEHIND THE SCENES
  • AUDIOKOMMENTARE
  • INFOTEXT UND NOCH VIEL MEHR

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Edition: Germany Germany (DVD)
Title:  Der Film
Released:  March 2017
Publisher:  Pandastorm
Format: 2 x DVD
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Edition: Germany Germany (standard Blu-ray)
Title:  Der Film
Released:  March 2017
Publisher:  Pandastorm
Format: 1 x Blu-ray, 1 x DVD
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DIE ERFOLGREICHE SCI-FI-KULTSERIE ÖFFNET DIE TORE ZU IHRER VERGANGENHEIT.

Paul McGann („Luther") und Sylvester McCoy („Der Hobbit") verkörpern den Time Lord in dieser amerikanisch-britischen Spielfilmversion der legendären Science Fiction Reihe.

Doctor Who (McCoy) soll die sterblichen Überreste des zum Tode verurteilten „Masters” (Eric Roberts) auf den Planeten Gallifrey bringen. Doch die Mission scheitert, die Tardis landet auf der Erde des Jahres 1999. Während der Doktor von einer Straßengang niedergeschossen wird, gelingt es dem Master einen anderen Körper zu übernehmen. Im Krankenhaus trifft der Doktor die Ärztin Grace Holloway (Daphne Ashbrook). In seiner neuen Inkarnation (McGann) muss er die Kontrolle über die Tardis zurückgewinnen und seinen Erzfeind von einem teuflischen Plan abhalten. Die Zukunft der gesamten Menschheit steht auf dem Spiel und die Zeit läuft gegen ihn...

„Doctor Who — Der Film" erscheint erstmalig in deutscher Sprache auf DVD und Blu-ray und enthält fünf Stunden Bonusmaterial sowie ein Fanbooklet.


MIT UBER 5 STD. BONUSMATERIAL UND FANBOOKLET


BONUS

  • BOOKLET
  • FEATURETTES: DES DOKTORS SELTSAME LIEBE, DIE NACHT DES DOKTORS, DIE SIEBENJÄHRIGE UNTERBRECHUNG
  • ALTERNATIVE TAKES
  • BEHIND THE SCENES
  • AUDIOKOMMENTARE
  • INFOTEXT UND NOCH VIEL MEHR


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